EELS - Railroad Man

      RAILROAD MAN
by EELS
on album "blinking lights and other revelations" 

tabbed by ludwig jossieaux (ludwigmk@masiaka.net)

 
if you want to play at the same pitch as the version on the album, 
you have to play the following chords shapes with a capo at the
fifth fret.

 
         EADGBe
 C     [ 032010 ] 
 C/B   [ 020010 ] 
 F     [ 033210 ]
 Am    [ 002210 ]
 G     [ 320003 ]
 Fmaj7 [ 003210 ]

[Intro]
C       C/B 
F       Am  G  (2x)

[Verses]
C               C/B
feel like an old railroad man
F                Am        G
ridin' out on the bluemont line
C                C/B
hummin' along old dominion blues
F                   Am               G
not much to see and not much left to lose 
      Fmaj7                     C
and i know i can walk along the tracks
       Am                            Fmaj7
it may take a little longer but i'll know
       G           C      C/B  F  Am  G 
how to find my way back


C                 C/B 
i feel like an old railroad man
F                 Am                G 
who's really tried the best that he can
C                      C/B
to make his life add up to something good
F                  Am              G 
but this engine no longer burns on wood
      Fmaj7                  C
and i guess i may never understand
    Am 
the times that i live in
        Fmaj7      G        C    C/B  F  Am  G
are not made for a railroad man


C       C/B 
F       Am  G

C                 C/B
i feel like an old railroad man
F                  Am             G
getting on board at the end of an age
C                      C/B
the station's empty and the whistle blows
F
things are faster now
         Am                G
and this train is just too slow
      Fmaj7                     C 
and i know i can walk along the tracks
       Am                            Fmaj7 
it may take a little longer but i'll know
       G           C      C/B  F  Am  G
how to find my way back


C       C/B 
F       Am  G   (10x)